Lou Correa
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, enforcement of the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. The act prohibits specified persons from distributing any packaged commodity that is not in conformity with prescribed packaging and labeling requirements, except as provided. The act prohibits a container wherein commodities are packed to have a false bottom, false sidewalls, false lid or covering, or to be constructed or filled as to facilitate the perpetration of deception or fraud. The act prohibits a commodities container, or a food container subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act from being made, formed, or filled as to be misleading. The act provides that a container that does not allow a consumer to fully view its contents violates this provision if it contains nonfunctional slack fill. The act provides that nonfunctional slack fill is the empty space in a package that is filled to less than its capacity for other than specified reasons. However, existing law provides that these state provisions regarding food containers are operative only to the extent they are identical to specified federal requirements. Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, also provides for the regulation by the State Department of Public Health of the packaging and labeling of foods, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, and provides requirements for containers containing these commodities that are similar to the requirements for containers under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. This bill would instead define nonfunctional slack fill for all of these provisions as the empty space in a package that is filled to substantially less than its capacity for other than any one or more of the applicable reasons. The bill would provide that slack fill in a package shall not be used as grounds to allege a violation of the applicable provisions based solely on its presence in any of these types of packages unless it is nonfunctional slack fill, except that, for food containers, this would be operative only to the extent it is identical to the federal requirement.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 429, Statutes of 2013.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2290.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2998.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time and amended. (Page 2864.)
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 13).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P.
Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and B.,P. & C.P.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1187.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 817.) (May 6).
Set for hearing May 6.
Set for hearing April 29.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB465 | HTML |
| 02/21/13 - Introduced | |
| 04/16/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/23/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/07/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/04/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/12/13 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/13 - Chaptered |
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